Episode Details

In the summer of 1944, small teams of American, British, and French special operations soldiers parachuted into Nazi-occupied France to organize resistance fighters, sabotage German communications, and disrupt enemy reinforcements following the Normandy invasion. Known as the Jedburgh teams, these three-man units operated deep behind enemy lines, relying on local resistance networks, clandestine radio communications, and unconventional warfare rather than conventional military firepower. This episode examines how these largely forgotten commandos helped prepare the battlefield for Allied advances and established principles that would later influence modern American Special Forces.